First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Honolulu, HI 96814. It is one of 292 churches in Honolulu, and one of 4 United Methodist congregations in the city.

Throughout our history, we have been a church which celebrates diversity under the unifying spirit of Christ and which seeks his leadership in new and innovative ministries.

We are Hawaii’s original Methodist Church established in 1855 under a Royal Charter issued by King Kamehameha IV.

Serving since 1855 · Elevator

Honolulu, HI, 96814

Service times

  • Monday, Saturday 2pm · one a th

Phone: (808) 522-9560 · Website: http://firstumchonolulu.org/

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 29 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Hawaii — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

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The community around First United Methodist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 have no one they feel they can count on. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
  • Unemployment: 11.3% (4.1–18.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 31.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.2%
  • Diabetes: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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